一、单项选择题(本大题共30小题，每小题2分。共60分)

　　在每小题列出的四个备选项中选择一个答案，请用28铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答

　　案字母按照要求涂黑。错选、多选或未选均无分。

　　1. The pronunciation of the English contraction "don't" is

　　2. The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in

　　A. the place of articulation

　　B. the obstruction of airstream

　　C. the position of the tongue

　　D. the shape of the lips

　　3. --Hi, this way, please.

　　--Ok. I sometimes have no sense of__________when I arrive at the crossroad.

　　A. direction

　　B. position

　　C. situation

　　D. condition

　　4. The thing that__________is not whether you fail or not, but whether you try or not.

　　A. matters

　　B. cares

　　C. considers

　　D. minds

　　5. Anyone __________in the exam will be punished.

　　A. seen cheat

　　B. seen cheating

　　C. saw to cheat

　　D. saw cheating

　　6. Everyone has their embarrassing moments. Many celebrities say they__________in so many embarrassing situations over the years.

　　A. had been

　　B. have been

　　C. were

　　D. are

　　7.__________in some areas in Anhui Province that people put on their shirts or dresses soonafter taking off their coats.

　　A. So short spring is

　　B. Spring is short

　　C. Such is spring

　　D. So short is spring

　　8. It was just at the moment __________he worked out the problem that he had long been puzzled about.

　　A. since

　　B. Which

　　C. because

　　D. that

　　9. The meaning of the sentence is__________.

　　A. related to its syntactic structure

　　B. independent of its structure

　　C. the sum total of the words used in it

　　D. unrelated to the context